Windows Update broke sound...
Sun, Feb 1st, 11AM
Apologies to livestream listeners last Sunday. A Microsoft Windows update caused the livestream to fail. Unlike the Windows update January 2025 that caused six months of problems, this update appears to have just changed a setting that I have now reset.

Stage Play by Dr Elaine Brown...
Feb 14th & 15th
... you may remember Elaine as the guest speaker at St Stephen's WOSS conference. Her new play, "SINGLES", debuts on Valentines Day weekend, at the York Woods Theatre, 1785 Finch Ave W.

Check this space...
Tue, Feb 17th
On TUE, FEB 17, 7PM, something is going to happen at 2259 Jane St... but we're not going to tell what it is... so... check this space on MON, FEB 16, to see what it is happening on TUE, FEB 17.

Black Sacred Music (and food)
Sun, Feb 22nd, 2026 4PM
Come to the Cathedral at 4:30 to hear music by the Nathaniel Dett Chorale and a lecture by Dr Stephen Newby of Baylor University. Stay for an international potluck at 6:00 PM

World Day of Prayer
Fri Mar 6th
On Fri Mar 6th, St Stephen's hosts the World Day of Prayer. This year's service is prepared by the WDP Committee of Nigeria.

Book Your Bus Trip Seat NOW!
Summer 2026
To join our 2026 Bus Trip to Eastern Canada, contact Connie at...
bustrip@ststephendownsview.ca
25 of the 50 seats on the bus are already sold.

Zoom with Christ Church Brampton
M-F 7:15AM... THU 7:30PM... SUN 6:00PM
Join Fr Theadore from Christ Church, Brampton, for Morning Prayers, Evening Prayers, and Bible Study on Zoom. UPDATED DIAL-IN INFO

Happening around the Diocese...
updated weekly
Missional Conference... Family Fun Night... Black History Month Eucharist... Jazz Vespers... and more...

Sport taught me perseverance & Joy
posted Jan 30th
"... We see the joy in pew-dwellers clearing the snow for a neighbour and running errands for a shut-in..."

Parishes Share...
Jan 12 & Feb 23, 7-8:15 p.m. on Zoom
... a series of Zoom workshops from parishes across the diocese about using technology for God's mission. Coming up: The Legal Do's & Don'ts of Online Ministry

YOU are now the bottle neck...
Feb 2026, week TBD
GOOD: The auditors completed their audit of St Stephen's accounts in just one day.This shows our improvements to our accounting system have worked! (Yah!) BAD: Those of you who have not yet submitted your reports for vestry are now the bottle neck stopping us from setting a date forVestry 2026...

Anglican Monthly News (JAN)
New Every Month
ACROSS THE DIOCESE: Caregiver pilgrimage... Every Day Holiness...
ACROSS CANADA: Charges dropped against Deacon... Budget Cuts Continue...

Bob Marley Mass REPLAY
Sun Feb 1st, 4:30 p.m.
...watch the Bob Marley (Emancipation) Mass, written by Canon Stephen Fields, with appearances by Connie Kendall and dancers from St Stephen's and St Paul's. The Rt. Rev. Deon Johnson, bishop of the Diocese of Missouri, was guest speaker...

Being Anglican
TUE, FEB 10-24, 6:00-7:30p, Cathedral
New to the Anglican Church or considering Confirmation? Join three in-person sessions on Anglican faith and practice on Tuesdays from 6:00pm-7:30pm at the Cathedral or St. John's York Mills., February 10-24.

"Purification": not what it used be...
sermon Feb 8th
Discover the true meaning of purification in the presentation of Jesus in the Temple. What significance does it hold for us today?